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GCSEENGLISH LANGUAGE(8700)
Marked responses 8700-1 Q3 Levels 1-4
Version 1.0 27 September 2017
EXAMPLE RESPONSES
GCSE English Language marked responses
1
Simple reference
Simple comment on the effect of structure
Level 1: 2 marks Simple awareness of structural features; simple references; simple use of subject terminology.
Simple reference
Simple use of subject terminology
GCSE English Language marked responses
2
(not relevant to structure)
Simple comment on the effect of structure
Appropriate example
Attempt to comment on the effect of structural features
Simple use of subject terminology
Simple reference
GCSE English Language marked responses
3
Level 2: 3 marks Some understanding of structural features; attempts to comment on the effects of structure in one place; some appropriate use of subject terminology - grasps the idea of beginning/middle/end.
The response fulfils all of the skill descriptors in Level 1, with the comment on the effect of structural features moving the mark just into Level 2.
Simple comment on the effect of structure
GCSE English Language marked responses
4
Some use of subject terminology
Attempt to comment on the effect of structural features
See comment in summary
GCSE English Language marked responses
5
Level 3: 5 marks Clear understanding of structural features in the final paragraph; one clear explanation of the effects of structural features is just enough to secure the lower mark in level 3.
This response could have been improved by including a range of relevant examples and greater consistency in offering clear explanations of the writer's choice of structural features.
The comments about sentences in this response would be more appropriate in a response to Q2. In Q2, credit is given for the effect on the reader of sentence forms - length of sentence, word order, use of multiple clauses, etc - whereas in Q3, it is the positioning of the sentence and the contribution it makes to the structure as a whole that is important.
Some use of subject terminology
Attempts to comment on the effects of structural features, but lacks textual detail
Relevant example
Clear explanation of the effects of structural features
GCSE English Language marked responses
6
Clear and accurate use of subject terminology
Range of relevant examples
Perceptive analysis of structural features
GCSE English Language marked responses
7
Sophisticated use of subject terminology
Judicious range of examples
Detailed and perceptive analysis of structural features
Level 4: 8 marks Detailed and perceptive understanding of structural features, with judicious examples and sophisticated and accurate use of subject terminology.
This response offers an overview of the whole text, as well as close examination of several pertinent structural features: a typical approach for a very able candidate.
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